SNG's 'Big Help Out'
Fund details & criteria
Fund purpose
We are excited to be working with The Big Help Out to help bring millions of people from across the UK to join in the biggest mass volunteering event of the year! The Big Help Out takes place between the 7th and 9th June 2024, and will empower millions to volunteer to help support communities. Volunteering can promote intergenerational connection, bridge gaps within communities and utilise strengths of all ages. Making a difference in your community can also boost your wellbeing, enable people with different experiences to meet and develop long lasting connections. The SNG 'Big Help Out' microgrants programme aims to empower volunteers in our communities, by bringing people and partners together with connection, different experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. Grants up to £300 are available to support not for profit groups taking part in the Big Help Out campaign. If you are taking part in a community initiative for The Big Help Out and could benefit from funding to support your activities, we would like to hear from you! Funding can support various community activities taking place during the Big Help Out weekend including events, workshops, community clean ups, fundraising and other activities that promote volunteering within your community! There’s never been a better time to join in, lend a hand, and make a change! Priority will be given to applications that have a clear explanation of their objectives, detail the outcomes that will be achieved/difference that will be made by their project as a whole and demonstrate how they aim to engage with, and benefit, SNG customers and communities within: • Oxfordshire, Newbury, Reading, North Hampshire and Surrey, South Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, Devon, Bristol, Gloucester, Wiltshire, Hertfordshire, Somerset and London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Haringey, Harrow, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Lambeth, Westminster, Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea, Richmond, Hounslow.